CAST is governed by its organizational members through elected boards, scientific work groups, and strategic advisory bodies.

Governance – Body Filter
AZ Filter
Mosaic Company
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Past CAST President
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Past BOD Member
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
United Soybean Board
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
American Seed Association
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Ann Steensland
Mosaic
Company Liaison

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Board of Directors
Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Barbara Schaal
Washington University in St. Louis
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Brandon Neuschafer
American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
Past President

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Board of Directors
Crop Science Society of America
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Purdue University
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Kansas State University
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Poultry Science Association
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Chris Boomsma
CAST
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
CEO

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Board of Directors
American Meat Science Association
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
National Milk Producers Federation
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Iowa State University
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Minor Use Foundation
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Dan Maycock
Emergent
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
David Crass
Michael Best
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
David D. Baltensperger
Texas A&M University
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Nonprofit/Education Liaison

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Board of Directors
Dirk Drost
CAST BOD Member
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Treasurer

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Board of Directors
Iowa State University
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
Douglas Steele
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Duane Simpson
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Society for In Vitro Biology
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
American Meteorological Society, Committee on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Past CAST President
Legacy

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
University of Alberta
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
Grant Ozipko
Syngenta
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Aquatic Plant Management Society
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Western Society of Weed Science
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
American Society of Agronomy
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Jack Bobo
University of California, Los Angeles Rothman Family Institute for Food Studies
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
James Kober
American Veterinary Medical Association
Chair

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
AWG Liaison

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Board of Directors
American Society of Animal Science
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
National Milk Producers Federation
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Janie Hipp
Native Agriculture Financial Services
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Tennessee State University
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Jay Vroom
Vroom Leigh Agriculture
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
John Swarthout
Bayer Crop Science
Chair

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Food Sciences Workgroup
FWG Liaison

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Board of Directors
Weed Science Society of America
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Beef Cattle Specialist Veterinarian, Beef Cattle Specialist Veterinarian
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Member

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Board of Directors
American Association of Bovine Practitioners
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Julie Borlaug
Borlaug Consulting
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Past CAST President
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
Member

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Board of Directors
The Fertilizer Institute
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
National Turkey Federation
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
American Dairy Science Association
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Manojit Basu
CropLife America
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Corteva
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Tuskegee University
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
American Bar Association, Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
Cornell University
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
Marty Matlock
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Chair

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
PWG Liaison

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Board of Directors
Melissa Johnson
Corteva
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
President-Elect

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Board of Directors
Rural Sociological Society
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Nutrien
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Molly Jahn
Department of Defense | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
American Association of Avian Pathologists
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Past CAST President
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
Paola de Almeida
Pegasus Capital Advisors
Food, Agriculture and Water Portfolio Head - Operating Advisor
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
U.S. Poultry and Egg Association
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Paul Plummer
University of Tennessee
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Northeastern Weed Science Society
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Oklahoma State University
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Ray Starling
NC Chamber | NC Chamber Legal Institute
Chair

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Rich Kottmeyer
FutureBridge
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Syngenta Crop Protection
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Ronnie Green
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
Sally Rockey
Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
National Corn Growers Association / Iowa Corn Promotion Board
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
University of Illinois
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Soil Science Society of America
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
National Pork Board
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Southern Weed Science Society
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Tom Adams
Pairwise
Member

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Strategic Advisory Council
2026
North Central Weed Science Society
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Tom Redick
Global Environmental Ethics Council
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup
Society Liaison

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Board of Directors
BASF Corporation
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
Association of Equipment Manufacturers
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Penn State University
Representative

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Animal Sciences Workgroup
Vara Prasad
Kansas State University
Representative

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Plant & Soil Sciences Workgroup
President

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Board of Directors
Mississippi State University
Representative

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Food Sciences Workgroup